Police seize only 1% of heroin

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Detectives urged to change tactics radically or risk losing war on drugs

Police are seizing just 1% of the heroin consumed in Scotland every year and risk losing the war on drugs unless they radically change their tactics, a new report has claimed.

Professor Neil McKeganey, a former advisor to the Home Office and lead author of the study by Glasgow University’s centre for drug misuse research, said the “shockingly low” figure should act as a wake-up call for the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA).

The report, which is part-funded by the Scottish government and which draws on information about the number of addicts known to police and demand for